I just want to verify that I properly understand the use of these two terms
in Perl 6.
* An "attribute" is a data member of a class.
* A "property" is a piece of metadata on a...uh...thing -- e.g., on an
attribute, on a class, or on a method.
Do I have it right?
For some reason, I've always referred to class data members as "properties",
and thought of metadata on such things as "attributes" -- the reverse of the
above. This despite the use of "attribute" in the above usage in Damian's
book. So do I just need to turn myself around (at least when talking about
Perl), or is there a chance that the language designers would decide that
the way I use the terms is ever-so-much-better? ;-)
Regards,
David
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